Emerging Market Economies and European Economic Integration

Edited by R. Scott Hacker, Associate Professor of Economics, Jönköping International Business School, Jönköping University, the late Börje Johansson, formerly Professor of Economics, Jönköping International Business School, Jönköping University, Jönköping and Director, CESIS (Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation Studies), Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm and Charlie Karlsson, Professor Emeritus of the Economics of Technological Change, Jönköping International Business School, Jönköping University and Professor Emeritus of Industrial Economics, Blekinge Institute of Technology, Sweden

• Contents: Preface 1. Emerging Market Economies in an Integrating Europe – An Introduction Part I: Interregional and International Trade Issues 2. Modelling Interregional and International Trade 3. Cross-Border Cooperation and Local Development: Evidence from Eastern Poland Border Regions 4. Latvian Foreign Trade with Scandinavian Countries, 1920–40 Part II: Regional Issues and Migration Issues 5. The Effect of Infrastructure Improvements on Regional Labour Markets: A Multiregional Equilibrium Job Search Model 6. International Migration to Germany: Estimation of a Time-Series Model and Inference in Panel Cointegration 7. Regional Specialisation and Employment Dynamics in Transition Countries 8. Traditional and New Causes of Regional Inequalities in Hungary 9. From Publicly Encouraged Networks to Cluster Formation in Pärnu’s Holiday Industry 10. Household Income Patterns by Region: An Exploratory Analysis of Transition Economies in Central and Eastern Europe Part III: Fiscal, Financial and Environmental Policy Issues 11. Assessing Fiscal Policy in Romania with Special Focus on Fiscal Sustainability 12. FDI Inflows to the Transition Economies in Eastern Europe: Magnitude and Potential Determinants 13. Sustainable Development and Evaluation: An Introduction Index

'The daunting task of providing the "big picture" of the economic changes occurring today in Europe has been masterfully achieved by the editors R. Scott Hacker and his colleagues - Borje Johansson and Charlie Karlsson. The fact that they do this in conjunction with historical and statistical data, which adds to the overall economic backdrop of this climate, only adds to the impressiveness of this collection.'